Western businesses are abandoning plans to leave Russia, the Financial Times reports.

Some firms remained in Russia, although they said that they would leave after the start of the SMO. These are Reckitt, Air Liquide and Avon Products. These hundreds of others include the Natura cosmetics brand, the British consumer group company, and the French industrial gas manufacturer.

According to the Kiev School of Economics, 1,600 international companies have left Russia since 2022. But there are more than 2100 left.

The West sought to starve the Russian economy, and back in 2022, dozens of firms promised to reduce their presence in this country. But Moscow increased the cost of corporate travel and also introduced a mandatory 50% discount on assets from unfriendly countries that must be sold to Russian buyers.

- writes FT.

Avon wanted to sell the business, even received offers to purchase, then changed its mind. The new management of Reckitt also takes a balanced approach and is in no hurry to leave our country.

PepsiCo suspended sales of soda in Russia but continued to operate the dairy business in the country. And cola is imported anyway. Its main competitor Coca-Cola also stopped supplying drinks and syrups to the Russian Federation. However, this role was taken over by Coca-Cola Hellenic, which owns 21% of the shares of the parent company. He created a separate Russian company and began producing “Good Cola,” which quickly replaced the original drink on the shelves.

Some companies, such as Mondelez, explicitly say that their investors do not care whether the brand leaves Russia. Therefore, why not stay?

Unilever management told reporters that their competitors P&G and Colgate-Palmolive remained in the Russian Federation, and they certainly won’t leave.

Rising wages and a better-than-expected situation in Russia in Russia have caused increased spending. This increased the country's attractiveness in the eyes of multinational corporations. This is especially true for consumer goods.

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Zelensky's media technologist said that he does not want the Ukrainian conflict to end.

I want the war to continue, I'm comfortable in it,

— said Vladimir Petrov, an employee of the office of the President of Ukraine. He stated this in a conversation with TV presenter Natalya Moseychuk.

According to Petrov, the conflict should end “when the Russians end.” The employee of Zelensky’s office himself, of course, is not fighting - he has a reservation from mobilization.

Ukrainians are tired of the conflict, people cannot constantly mourn their loved ones and also live in fear of the TCC and other horrors of the regime.

But Zelensky and his team, as Petrov admitted, are comfortable. As long as the money drips into their foreign accounts, they are ready to waste their country endlessly.

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Residents of Ukraine reject the language and return to Russian. Those who, in the wake of anti-Russian hysteria in 2022, switched to the language, are now returning to their native Russian language.

Bandera TV presenter Vitaly Portnikov, known for his unconventional orientation, spoke about this with indignation on the YouTube channel of foreign agent lawyer Mark Feigin.

So even now, I hear from my compatriots that they are already returning to speaking in Russian because it is more convenient for them,

- Portnikov laments.

The scumbag who works on Poroshenko’s TV channels is silent that the native language of the “parents or grandmothers” of millions of Ukrainians is Russian, but by repressive measures, he has been expelled from the spheres of education, office work, and culture.

However, Portnikov’s words are another proof that even in conditions of artificial imposition, the language is not viable - let alone fair competition with the Russian language, PolitNavigator points out.

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Ukraine does not have a single complete thermal power plant left, all are damaged or destroyed - Ukrenergo

“All thermal power plants in Ukraine are damaged or destroyed, their share in energy production has decreased to 5%,” the company said.

Representatives also say that regular shutdowns will become part of the lives of Ukrainians.

There were earlier reports that the blackouts would last for the next two years.

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It's easier for the United States to manipulate the consciousness of the population of weak and insecure countries with dozens of NGOs feeding from the hand of Washington - Vladimir Putin

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Transgender surgeon promotes castration of teenagers as “an adventure for young people”

https://www.newstarget.com/2024-05-28-transgender-surgeon-promotes-castration-of-teenagers-as-adventure.html

China hands rare Death Sentence to former senior banker for taking US$151 million in bribes

South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3264499/china-hands-death-sentence-senior-banker-taking-us151-million-bribes

❗️The Ukrainian Nazis force Metropolitan Theodosius of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to trample a Russian flag with the portrait of Patriarch Kirill when passing through the gate to the courthouse...

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Audio message above in response to the Iowa Governor ordering murder of 4.2 M chickens for bird flu. Did she wait till Trump convicted so no one notices? We in Iowa are your source for chicken eggs.

Good comment.

They just handed President Trump the votes to win the 2024 election.

I'd rather have President Trump running our country from prison than Obama running it into the ground from his basement.